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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. C. JACKSON.- EASTENING T0 BE USED ASSLEEVE LINK, 6to.

Patented Sept. 15, 1891.

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FASTEN'ING T0 BE USED AS SLEEVE LINK &0. No. 459,469. Patented Sept.15,1891.

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C. JACKSON. EASTENING T0 BE USED AS SLEEVE LINK, te. No. 459,469.Patented Sept. 15, 1891.

NITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

CHARLES JACKSON, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

FSTENING TO BE USED AS SLEEVE-LINKS, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,469, datedSeptember 15, 1891.

Application filed February 24,1891. Serial No. 382,545. (No model.)Patented in England October 13, 1887, No. 13,910, and September 7,1888,11'0. 12,962.

T0 a/ZZ whom, it may concer-71,:

ABe it known that I, CHARLES JACKSON, engineer, a subject of the Queenof Great Britain, residing at 224 Herbert Road, Birminghain, England,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fastenin gs to beUsed as Sleeve-Links and for other Purposes, (for which I have obtainedLetters .Patent in Great Britain, No. 13,910, dated October 13, 1887,and No. 12,962, dated September 7, 1888,) of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object improvements in fastenings to be usedas sleeve-links and for other purposes. I construct such fastenings withtwo spring flaps or clasps, and these are so arranged that one fiap orclasp may be passed through a button-hole, say, on one side of thesleeve of a shirt and closed down upon the fabric, thereby securing thefastening to it, and another iiap or clasp may afterward be passedthrough another buttonhole on the other side of the sleeve and thenclosed down, thereby separately attaching the fastening to the second ofthe two thicknesses of fabric which the fastening is used to connect. Insome cases I provide more than two spring iiaps or clasps with a view torendering the attachment more secure. L

In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readilycarried into effect, I will proceed to describe the drawings hereuntoannexed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fastening orsleeve-link constructed in accordance with my invention. It is drawnlarger than it would usually be constructed. Fig. 2 is also a sideelevation, but with the parts in another position. Fig. 3 is an underside view. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is asection on the line 5 5 in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6in Fig. 3. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show separately some of the parts. Fig. 10is an under side view with the outer or casing plate removed. Fig. 11shows a inodilication. Fig. 12 is a plan of a fastening similar to thatshown by the preceding figures, but differing somewhat in the detail ofits construction. Fig. 13 is an elevation. Fig. 14 is a section, andFig. 15 is an under side view, of the fastening shown by Fig. 12.

Fig. 1G is a side elevation in which two aps or clasps only areprovided* Fig. 17 is a plan, and Fig. 18 is a longitudinal section, ofthe fastening shown by Fig. 16. Fig. 19 is a side elevation, and Fig.2() is a plan, of another fastening similar to that shown by Figs. 16,17, and 18, but somewhat different in form. Fig. 21 is asection of thefastening shown by Figs. 19 and 20. Fig. 22 is a plan of thefoundation-plate, and Fig. 23 is a section on the line x of Fig. 22.

a is a disk or plate of metal serving as l(he foundation on which themovable parts are mounted. These consist of two flaps or clasps b and cand a ap or clasp CZ. The flap b is shown separately by Fig. 7 and theiiap c by Fig. 8. In place, however, of the flaps crossing each other,they may be constructed as shown in Fig. 1l.

Fig. 9 shows the iiap or clasp d. The flaps b and c, as will be seen,are formed with pivots, and these fit into indentations or recesses inthe foundation-plate d. They are kept in place by a cover-plate e, andthis is secured by the ears d a of the foundation-plate a, which areturned over upon it. The same cover-plate serves to hold the spring f insuch a position that it presses upon square shoulders formed upon theflaps b and c, so that the spring tends to bring the flaps when they areraised to the position in which they are shown in Fig. 2, where theystand up approximately at right angles to their former position. Theflaps b and c are also geared together by teeth, as the drawingsindicate, so that they move up and down together. fiap or clasp d isfurnished with pivots, and these are held in small lugs a2 a2,projecting up from the foundation-plate. The flap or clasp is continuedbeyond the pivots and comes into contact with a spring g, which isattached to the dished head-plate or casing 71 of the fastening. Thecasing h is secured to the foundation-plate et by bending or burring itsedges, as indicated in Fig. 6.V In the use of this link o1 fastening onelappet or thickness of the fabric is laid over the flaps b and c whilethey stand in the posit-ion indicated in Fig. 2, the said liaps passingthrough a hole suitably formed in the fabric to receive them. The flapsZ2 and c are then closed down upon the fabric, and so the link orfastening be- The IOC

ing, but similar in its action. It consists of-l a dished plate t,provided on its convex-face with lugs, to which the pair of transverseiiaps or clasps lo lo are pivoted, and also a third fiap or clasp Z,which folds down over the pai-r. A

spring-plate m, of a -form clearly shown inl Fig. 15, serves for all theiiaps or `clasps to hold them -either in the folded position or whenstanding erect. The spring-plate m is attached to the .plate 1l byrivets or otherwise.

Sometimes for the sake of 'simplicity I provide two aps or clasps only.Figs. 16, 17, and 18 represent such a fastening. which is dished, asshown, to receive the cover B, the two Abeing attached together bylrubbing or otherwise. C and D are two spring flaps or clips pivoted tolugs 'C' D', fixed to the plate A. T-he tail ends of the tlaps or clipsC and D bear against the ends of the iiat spring E, whose middle isriveted at F to the plate A.

Figs. 19 to 23 show a `fastening of vanother form. As shown in Figs. 22and 23, the portions -Af A of the foundation-plate are turned The iiapor clasp` A is a plateup, forming lugs to receive the axes of the springtiaps or clips C and D. The iiap or clip C is forked, (see Fig. 20,) theHap or clip D lying between the arms of the fork. This constructionadmits of the hinges of the iiaps or clips being closer together than inthe construction shown in Figs. 1G to 18. The tail ends of the tiaps orclips C and. D rest upon the lends of the spring E, which is riveted atF tothe plate A, as shown in Fig. 21.

1. A sleeve link or fastening consisting of a plate z', 4threespring-flaps 7a la and Z, pivoted to lugs 'on the plate i, and a springm, operating upon all the said flaps to retain them either in the openorclosedposition, substantially as described.

2. A sleeve link or fasten-ing `consisting of a plate fand threespring-'flaps two of which vare Aconnected to jt-hefplate by parallel.pivots and thefotheriof which is arranged 4on fa'piv-ot transverse tothe .-pivots'of 'the other ltwoii'a'ps, for the purpose specified.

3. A'slee've 41in-k or fastening consistingV of the combination of aplate, a springsiiappivoted to the plate, y another' spring-Hap Lpivotedlto thesarne side of the plate,fbut at another part thereof, `both of'said-flaps being constructed and adapted to fold down and separatelyhold two parts ofthe fabricto 'the link or fastening, substantially -asset -fort-h.

'CHARLES JACKSON.

Witnesses:

W. H. HARRIS, FREDERICK BAKER.

